Herodotus: A New and Literal Version from the Text of Baehr. .c With a Geographical and General IndexHarper & Bros., 1855 - 613 pages |
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... took the city of Colophon ; but as he performed no other great action during his reign of eight - and - thirty years , we will pass him over , having made this mention of him . 15. I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor ...
... took the city of Colophon ; but as he performed no other great action during his reign of eight - and - thirty years , we will pass him over , having made this mention of him . 15. I will proceed to mention Ardys , the son and successor ...
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... took possession of Marathon . But when they heard that he was marching from Marathon against the city , they at length went out to resist him ; so they marched with their whole force against the invaders . In the mean time Pisistratus's ...
... took possession of Marathon . But when they heard that he was marching from Marathon against the city , they at length went out to resist him ; so they marched with their whole force against the invaders . In the mean time Pisistratus's ...
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... took up his abode there ; and having opened the sepulchre and collected the bones , he carried them away with him to Sparta . From that time , whenever they made trial of each other's strength , the Lacedæmonians were by far superior in ...
... took up his abode there ; and having opened the sepulchre and collected the bones , he carried them away with him to Sparta . From that time , whenever they made trial of each other's strength , the Lacedæmonians were by far superior in ...
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... took the city of the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places , and expelled the inhabitants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus , having assembled his own army , and having taken ...
... took the city of the Pterians , and enslaved the inhabitants ; he also took all the adjacent places , and expelled the inhabitants , who had given him no cause for blame . But Cyrus , having assembled his own army , and having taken ...
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... took place . The Lydians and Medes seeing night succeeding in the place of day , desisted from fighting , and both showed a great anxiety to make peace . Syennesis the Cilician , and Labynetus the Babylonian , were the mediators of ...
... took place . The Lydians and Medes seeing night succeeding in the place of day , desisted from fighting , and both showed a great anxiety to make peace . Syennesis the Cilician , and Labynetus the Babylonian , were the mediators of ...
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